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Leveraging the Seventh Circuit e-Discovery Principles to Contain Litigation Costs

ESI discovery disputes have become protracted for one common reason: The parties do not sufficiently prepare for ESI discovery. Corporations have had to become more strategic about how they handle litigation, especially during the discovery phase, in order to manage this increasing expense. Properly employing the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Principles, even if you're not in that jurisdiction, is one strategy that will help contain litigation costs.

11 minute read February 28, 2012 at 02:44 PM
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Tj Thurston And Scott Devens
Leveraging the Seventh Circuit e-Discovery Principles to Contain Litigation Costs

The costs associated with discovery in litigation have skyrocketed in the past decade, fueled in large part by the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) or e-discovery.

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